diff --git a/test-requirements.txt b/test-requirements.txt
index 9c353746f..afafe8dbe 100644
--- a/test-requirements.txt
+++ b/test-requirements.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,5 @@ Pygments
 # At least 1.3 is required for dedent in code blocks. Capped to 1.3 to not get an automatic update to any newer versions.
 sphinx>=1.3,!=1.3b1,<1.4
 openstackdocstheme>=1.2.3
-# NOTE(tonyb) Pillow isn't directly needed but it's pulled in via
-# Collecting Pillow (from blockdiag>=1.5.0->nwdiag
-# So cap as per global-requirements until https://launchpad.net/bugs/1501995
-# is properly fixed
-Pillow>=2.4.0,<3.0.0 # MIT
 nwdiag
 sphinxcontrib-nwdiag